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Evaluation of dormancy and germination responses to temperature in Carduus acanthoides and Anagallis arvensis using a screening system, and relationship with field-observed emergence patterns

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 February 2007

Betina C. Kruk  and
Roberto L. Benech-Arnold
Betina C. Kruk*
Affiliation:
Cátedra de Cerealiculture, Departamento de Producción Vegetal, Facultad de Agronomia, Universidad de Buenos Aires. Av. San Martin 4453, (1417) Buenos Aires, Argentina
Roberto L. Benech-Arnold
Affiliation:
Cátedra de Cerealiculture, Departamento de Producción Vegetal, Facultad de Agronomia, Universidad de Buenos Aires. Av. San Martin 4453, (1417) Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Abstract

Experiments on the facultative winter annuals Carduus acanthoides and Anagallis arvensis were performed: (i) to determine thermal conditions that induce or release dormancy, (ii) to investigate to what extent changes in dormancy level resulting from those thermal conditions explain the seasonal pattern of emergence of these species, and (iii) to estimate required thermal time and base temperature for the germination of non-dormant seeds. Carduus acanthoides required high temperatures followed by decreasing temperatures for dormancy release; however, low winter temperatures did not induce secondary dormancy as expected for a winter annual. To the contrary, low temperatures stimulated dormancy release in the long term. In A. arvensis, dormancy relief was enhanced by dry storage at 25°C, and the response to low temperature was different depending on moisture conditions. Prolonged exposure to moist-chilling increased the dormancy level of the population, while dry storage at 4°C relieved dormancy. For both species, changes in the thermal range permissive for germination as a result of dormancy modifications explained to a large extent the timing of the emergence periods observed in the field. In neither species did base temperature for germination change with the dormancy level of the population. Thermal time required forgermination of C. acanthoides varied with dormancy, while for A. arvensis seeds it was constant.

Keywords

after-ripeningAnagallis arvensisCarduus acanthoidesdormancyfacultative winter annualsgerminationtemperaturethermal time
Type
Research Article
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Seed Science Research , Volume 10 , Issue 1 , March 2000 , pp. 77 - 88
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2000

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